The One That Got Away

by Chris Ryan

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A story of extraordinary courage under fire, of narrow escapes, of a battle against the most adverse physical conditions, and, above all, of one man's courageous refusal to lie down and die

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After reading 'Bravo Two Zero' a couple of years ago, I decided I needed an antidote to that gung ho tale.
The author doesn't spend much time with heroics (or false heroics) and fear is the dominant emotion evident; not excitement. Self-awareness and not a litte self-criticism also mark this one out.
The book does have its high points and a dash of humour, and the author doesn't stick the boot in quite as much as he could (with regard to planning, logistics and the like which seem desperately inadequate).
I read Ryan's book right after completing Marcus Luttrell's book, Lone Survivor. Ryan's escape took place in Iraq after he along with seven SAS colleagues were inserted on one of the first days of the invasion of Iraq in1991. Almost immediately things went wrong and while trying to escape to Syria, Ryan lost contact with the others and had to walk alone across 300 kilometres of desert without food and limited water. This is an amazing tale of survival but also a lesson on how things can go awry when there is poor planning and poor intelligence gathering. For his exploit, Ryan was awarded the Military medal by Queen Elizabeth.
De geheime missie Bravo Zero van de Engelse Special Air Service is een roemrucht verhaal vol heldenmoed en overlevingsdrang. Van de acht uiterst goed getrainde militairen wist er slechts één aan gevangenschap te ontkomen: Chris Ryan, de achtste man. Dit is zijn verhaal.

De mannen werden diep in vijandelijk gebied gedropt met een hoogst geheime sabotageopdracht. Na een fel vuurgevecht met de Irakezen viel de patrouille uiteen en stond Chris Ryan alleen in vijandelijk gebied tegenover een door haat gedreven tegenstander. Zijn ware avontuur moest nog beginnen.

De achtste man is het adembenemend spannende verhaal van een van de best getrainde soldaten ter wereld, die, verrast door ontberingen zoals de bitterkoude woestijnnacht en een tekort show more aan rantsoen, het moet opnemen tegen een meedogenloze vijand. Ryan heeft in deze ongelijke strijd maar één doel voor ogen: overleven. show less

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Original publication date
1995
Related movies
The One That Got Away (1996 | IMDb)
Dedication
for Sarah
First words
Our target was a disused mental hospital—a large, red-brick, Victorian building, once handsome but now derelict, standing in spacious grounds that had gone to seed.
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)With an ordeal of those dimensions, once in a lifetime is enough.

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Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
956.70442History & geographyHistory of AsiaMiddle East (Near East)Iraq1920-1979-
LCC
DS79.74 .R93History of Europe, Asia, Africa and OceaniaAsiaHistory of Asia
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